Friday September 15, 2006

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1500Z September 15, 2006

California/Nevado/Idaho:
The wildfires located in Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests in
northwest California have produced an area of smoke that extended
southeastward into the northern Sacramento Valley, east across
northwestern Nevada and then northeast into southwest Idaho.  In addition,
a fire in Mono County, California, near the Nevada border, was producing
a smoke plume that extended 125 km to the northeast.

Minnesota/Ontario/Quebec:
Fires in Cook County, Minnesota, and in the vicinity of Lake Nipigon,
Ontario, have produced a dense ribbon of smoke that extended eastward
across central Ontario and Quebec, including the extreme southern portion
of James Bay, to the island of Newfoundland.




 


Unless otherwise indicated:
  • Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.
  • Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.
  • A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.
  • Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.